2 Movies Starring Arthur Byron

The Mummy

The Mummy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1932-12-22

Languages:

English, Arabic, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

73 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (14424 Reviews)

Director:

Karl Freund

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Nina Wilcox Putnam (from a story by)

Richard Schayer (from a story by)

John L. Balderston (screen play)

Fullplot:

In 1921 a field expedition in Egypt discovers the mummy of ancient Egyptian prince Im-Ho-Tep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege. Also found in the tomb is the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to life. One night a young member of the expedition reads the Scroll out loud, and then goes insane, realizing that he has brought Im-Ho-Tep back to life. Ten years later, disguised as a modern Egyptian, the mummy attempts to reunite with his lost love, an ancient princess who has been reincarnated into a beautiful young woman.

The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1936-02-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (1302 Reviews)

Director:

John Ford

Cast:

Writer:

Nunnally Johnson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr. Samuel Mudd gives medical treatment to a wounded man who shows up at his door. Mudd has no idea that the president is dead and that he is treating his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. But that doesn't save him when the army posse searching for Booth finds evidence that Booth has been to the doctor's house. Dr. Mudd is arrested for complicity and sentenced to life imprisonment, to be served in the infamous pestilence-ridden Dry Tortugas.

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